What bloggers immediately found shocking was that Speaker Quinn would still dole out taxpayer money to Mr. Seabrook, even though his federal investigation corruption trial ended in a mistrial ; prosecutors are expected to mount a second trial against Mr. Seabrook on corruption charges related to his misuse of Speaker Quinn's slush funds.

Separately, the editorial boards (not individual columnists, but the entire body of the editorial editors) of The New York Daily News, The New York Times, and The New York Post, which can never agree on ANYTHING, have all denounced Speaker Quinn over the political corruption that is forever tainted with her annual backroom slush fund bonanza.